SHETLAND FIRM FORECAST GROWTH

A SHETLAND-BASED salmon company are forecasting growth in the next year despite the recession. Framgord from Lerwick are continuing to develop markets in Europe and Asia. The 26-year-old company have ten staff and supply chilled and frozen salmon worldwide. Their produce range includes whole fish, fillets, portions to customer specification and by-products. And Frank Johnson, the company’s managing director, is leading his team this week at Europe’s biggest seafish exhibition in Brussels. Mr Johnson said: “Our exports in Western Europe, including the UK, are around 30 per cent of our turnover currently. “We export around 70 per cent of our products to Eastern Europe and Asia and we’re developing the business by our strong customer service. “We’ve survived for 26 years and we work very hard at it and we see our turnover increasing by between ten and 15 per cent in the next year.”